ⲓⲁⲙ
Coptic
Etymology
From Demotic Egyptian ym (“sea”), from Late Egyptian
(ym, “lake, sea”), itself a borrowing from Semitic.
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Noun
ⲓⲁⲙ • (iam) m (plural ⲓⲁⲙ (iam))
Derived terms
- ⲫⲓⲁⲙ (phiam)
References
- Černý, Jaroslav (1976), Coptic Etymological Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 46